Trash the Dress?

So while watching one of my very classy shows - Jerseylicious - there was an episode where they do a "Trash the dress" photo shoot for a bride.

"Trash the dress" is a service that The Glam Fairy and her crew provide where they glam up a new bride and help destroy her wedding dress while capturing it in artistic images. They say that since brides only get to wear their dress once, it gives them the opportunity to wear it again! In the episode I watched they 'spill' fondue chocolate all over it with the help of little kids, but they also do things such as set it on fire, swim in the ocean, etc.

Even though the images were actually beautiful...I don't know if I could ever bring myself to destroy my wedding dress...it is way to beautiful and sentimental...I don't mind it sitting in the back of my closet for the rest of my life! lol. Speaking of- I should probably get it preserved next time I'm in Boston!

Words of wisdom

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Live long.
Touch often.
Hug frequently.
Smile much.
Laugh daily.
Kiss repeatedly.
Trust eternally.
Love infinitely.

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Top 10 Things I miss about New England

Top 10 Things I miss about New England:

1. My family
2. My friends
3. Girl dinner dates
4. Poland Springs Seltzers
5. Friendly's icecream and supermelts
6. The Natick Collection
7. Russo's
8. Good pita bread
9. Natural/organic food sections in the grocery store
10. Stealing fresh veggies from my Mom's garden.

Our New Addition

We knew right after we got married we wanted to start our family right away...with puppies not babies!

Jeff was sooo eager and sooo persistent to get a puppy ASAP, but I wanted to wait a little bit, or at least until our stuff was moved. I told him to start researching breeders and shelters in the area to see what was around. We decided that we would get our Maltese first and eventually get our bigger dog, a lab of some sort, a little later. WELL- Jeff happened to find a breeder who had one Maltese-female puppy that was still available, and the breeder was only about an hour and a half away. The puppy sounded like exactly what we wanted- largest of the litter-female, and of the smaller kind (she would only get up to 8 pounds at the very largest!) We decided to go visit this puppy, and well, we fell in love.

So yes, Alexis 'Lexi' Bender is the new addition into our happy little family! When we got her she was about 9 weeks, and 3 pounds! Her birthday is the same as my Mom's!

She is so adorable, quite the diva, and soo playful. We've had soo much fun with her so far. She can be quite the handful, and Jeff and I both didn't get much sleep for the first couple of weeks, but shes sleeping much better. Potting training is going well too! Some days are better then others of course. Overall she is perfect, and definitely good training for the future ;)

Mrs. Bender is Now a Southern Belle!

Life after the wedding was quite a whirl-wind. Usually couples get to unwind and relax together after the wedding/honeymoon...ohhh no, not us! Here is a quick timeline of our life post-wedding:

June 6th-11th: Turks & Caicos
June 11th: Landed in Boston from Turks-drove to VT.
June 12th: Emily's graduation party - Packed the car.
June 13th: Emily's graduation (yes my baby sister graduated from highschool...I'm so old!) Jeff and I then started our journey South immediately following the graduation ceremony.
June 14th: On the road - arrived in GA at 1am!

We had quite the road trip! We made such good time! 1300 miles, 21 hours of driving out of 30, VT-MA-CT-NY-NJ-PA-MD-WV-VA-NC-SC-GA!!!!

The first couple of weeks we went furniture shopping, adjusted to our new surroundings, and took care of a few minor things. Other then that we just enjoyed each other and our new marriage!

So yes..the Benders are now official residents of the great- HOTTT state of Georgia!

Post Wedding Depression?

Hm. I guess I have a little bit of post-wedding depression, only because I really miss spending so much time with all my family and friends. I also do miss working with Carrie, Calais from SML, and all my other amazing vendors. And for some reason I still find myself looking at wedding websites, reading Priscilla of Boston emails, and my ears still perk up when I hear of wedding expos in the area! I guess I just fell in love with everything that has to do with weddings!

But, its all good...because I am married to the most amazing man! Life couldn't be any better right now!

Big & Little Brides

As many of you know, my sorority big sister, Robyn, and my weddings were a week apart! Her's was Memorial Day weekend and mine was the following weekend. What made it even more special was we were a part of each others weddings as bridesmaids!

Back in November, Katelyn sent both of us a blog post from "Wedding Bee" called Dual Roles . Rereading this post made me think back on the past year and all that we went through. I was so lucky to have her through it all, it was so much fun to talk about each others weddings practically every day! We understood what each other was going through and we could talk to each without judgment or having to explain every single detail.

I couldn't imagine anyone else better to go through the whole wedding planning process with then Robyn. We shared in each other's joy, celebrations, and even frustrations. It was such a special time and I am so glad I was part of hers, and I am so glad she was part of mine.

Love you Robyn! I can not believe we are both wives now! Cheers to us!